This song is only available on the "Live At Earls Court" album which didn't include lyrics. They are transcribed here as they are heard on that live version, without permission.

Let it be known
a dreaming hotel
we just had a quarrel
I sent you away
I was looking for you
Are you gone gone?

Called you on the phone
but there was no answer
will you never return?
will you never want me?
I was looking for you
Are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal
Women all standing with shock on their faces
Sad description, oh I was looking for you

Everyone was singing
A girl is washed up
on Redondo Beach
and everyone is so sad
I was looking for you
are you gone gone?

Hey little girl, everyone cried
How she was the victim of suicide
I was looking for you
are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal
Women all standing with shock on their faces
Sad description, oh I was looking for you

The desk clerk told me
a girl is washed up
Was small, an angel
with apple blonde hair, now
I was looking for you
are you gone gone?

Picked up my key, and I didn't reply
I just went into my room
and I started to cry
It was morning angel
are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal
I was just standing with shock on my face
The hearse pulled away
and the girl that had died, it was you
You'll never return into my arms
never return into my arms
You'll never return into my arms
'cause you've gone gone
gone gone
gone gone
good-bye

These are the original lyrics as sung by Patti Smith with corrections by Morrissey.

Late afternoonLet it be knowna dreaming hotel
We just had thea quarrel thatI sent you away
I was looking for you
are you gone gone?

Called you on the phone another dimensionbut there was no answerWell, you never returnedwill you never return?oh you know what I meanwill you never want me?
I wentwas looking for you
are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal
Women all standing with shock on their faces
Sad description, oh I wentwas looking for you

Everyone was singing a girl is washed up
On Redondo Beach
and everyone is so sad
I was looking for you
are you gone gone?

PrettyHey little girl, everyone cried How she was the victim of sweet suicide
I wentwas looking for you
are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal
Women all standing with shock on their faces
Sad description, oh I was just looking for you

The desk clerk told me a girl wasis washed up
Was small, an angel
with apple blonde hair, now
I wentwas looking for you
are you gone gone?

Picked up my key, and I didn't reply I just went into my room and I started to cry You were small, anIt was morning angel
are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal
I was just standing with shock on my face
The hearse pulled away
and the girl that had died, it was you
You'll never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gonenever return into my armsYou'll never return into my arms
'cause you wereyou've gone gone
Gone gone
gone gone
good-bye

Quotes

Morrissey, in a Q&A session on True To You in June 2007: "I also had it in my mind that the opening line was 'let it be known,' which it isn't, it's 'late afternoon'."